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Mountain Bike Spotlight: Elfin Lakes

During the winter months, the Elfins Lakes area is a popular backcountry skiing hot spot but when summer arrives it morphs into a mountain biking mecca. Elfin Lakes is considered an XC/All Mountain bike trail. It is rated for an intermediate…
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A State of The Trails - By Ride BC

Mother Nature decided to skip spring in 2018. We went straight from classic brisk wet winter conditions to tacky, borderline dry conditions by mid-April! Let’s hope we get more consistent rain through the summer to keep the trails in top shape. This…
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5 Reasons to Practice Yoga Even in the Summer

This happens to the best of us as the weather gets nicer and nicer: we stop practicing yoga. Well, it happens to those of us who aren’t addicted to our yoga practice or who don’t practice 4 or more times per week. As the weather gets nicer…
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Discovering the Squamish Normal of Mountain Biking - by RideHub

Enter Squamish There I was, standing at the top of the trail we had just pedalled up in Valleycliffe, the enigma of the Squamish mountain biking scene. There was nothing left to do but feel pretty awesome about myself given that my new local…
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Tasty Ales and Bike Trails: A Squamish Bike-Beer Pairing Guide

It’s a thing. There’s no good explanation or logic to it – it just is: mountain biking and craft beers go hand-in-hand… or mouth. Luckily, living in BC means experiencing the best of both these worlds with world-class mountain bike trails…
Meet The Nieghborhood
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Meet The Neighborhoods

The neighborhoods around Squamish are easy to learn. Each one has its advantages and drawbacks. One neighborhood simply might fit your unique needs better than another.  Squamish is composed of five distinct neighborhoods. Each neighborhood…
Local Spotlight: Shala Yoga
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Meet The Locals: Tanya of Shala Yoga

    Tell us a bit about yourself. I grew up in Ottawa, and I have 4 siblings. I am fluent in three languages. I have a masters degree in Communications and after leaving my corporate job overseas, I realized that life is too short…
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Yoga and the Culture of Nice

Yoga is the practice of creating or yoking a union between body & mind, bringing you more into alignment with your big “S” self. The ethical principles/restraints of yoga speak to: Being kind to yourself and others (ahimsa), being…
The 10 Most Mouth Watering Squamish Food Pics this Month
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12 Mouth Watering Food Pics

Squamish is making its mark on the dining scene with many great new restaurants and dining options opening up in the past year. To help highlight the foodie culture in Squamish, we found twelve of the most mouth watering foodie photos from your…
Local Spotlight: Red Heather Hut
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Local Spotlight: Red Heather Hut

Do you also dream about a cabin in the mountains that you can escape from your busy life? One of my favourite places to head out to is Red Heather Hut in Garibaldi Park. Living in Squamish puts you in the center of a wilderness paradise. It…
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How Yoga Can Support and Build Community - By Shala Yoga

  If you have ever spent time consistently practicing at a yoga studio, you know that a yoga studio can become a centre for sangha or kula, which are Sanskrit words that mean community. Over time, a studio begins to embody much more…
New Mortgage Rules
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New Mortgage Rules: What does this mean for Squamish

Starting January 2018, many homebuyers are facing much stiffer guidelines when it comes to getting a mortgage. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) announced on October 17th, that all borrowers will be required…